Meet the Teacher/OSSLT/CS hour update/
Hello,
Second semester has begun with a flurry of activity throughout the school. Students are busily adapting to new schedules and Student Services has been busy addressing timetable concerns with all students. While very busy, things have rolled out very nicely and most students are comfortably settled into their new surroundings.
Meet the Teacher Semester 2…Want to meet your child’s second semester teachers? As we did last year, Bell HS is proud to offer you that opportunity on Tuesday February 7, 2012beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the cafetorium. Following a few quick introductions classroom visits will begin at 4:15 p.m. and provide you with the opportunity to review course outlines and peruse curriculum materials in classes. Please note that many other activities are also going on for some teachers such as coaching. In such cases, some teachers will not be available but will be leaving a sign-up sheet outside their classroom for you to request a phonecall or email. Please join us on this evening as we begin our journey together toward June.
Ontario Secondary School Literact Test (OSSLT) is a mandatory graduation requirement for all students currently studying in their grade 10 year. As part of our school improvement plan, students in grade 9 and 10 classrooms have been exposed to a minimum of three OSSLT tasks in each of their classes to better prepare them for the test itself. These tasks are identical in every way to the tasks students will be required to complete on the test itself. This year’s test in being held on Thursday March 29, 2012.
As we embark on semester two we will continue to provide students with information about the test and prepare them thoroughly. If you are interested in previewing the tasks required of students on the test including samples from past OSSLT tests, please visit the Ministry website at http://www.eqao.com/Parents/Secondary/10/10.aspx.
Community Service Hours Update for Potential Graduates…My most recent potential graduate list contains 192 students. Of these, 75 have yet to complete their mandatory 40 hours of community service. It is critical to note that students unsuccessful in meeting this graduation requirement will not cross the commencement stage nor receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma in June if nothing changes.
How can you verify how many hours your child has completed? Potential graduates missing hours will be informed by a brightly coloured sticker placed directly on their report card coming home Tuesday February 14, 2012. Parents, please be sure to review your child’s report card with them. Where stickers are present I would suggest following up with your child’s guidance counselor for a conversation. In addition and attached to the end of semester report card coming home Tuesday February 14, 2012 at the end of the day is a credit counseling summary showing all credits earned to date as well as the number of community service hours currently on file in our database that your child has completed.
A reminder that Friday February 17, 2012 is a board-wide Professional Development day. There will be no classes that day. In addition, Monday February 20, 2012 is Family Day and once again there are no classes. Classes will resume on Tuesday February 21, 2012.
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Bruce Whitehead – Principal
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